Deftones have never been your average hard rock band. As kids, the Sacramento band cut its teeth on Anthrax and The
Smiths, Pantera and The Cure, skateboarding and "The Smurfs." As a band out of high school, Deftones mixed trip hop
with thrash, melodic vocals with crushing reverb, and yes, pretty with ugly. As chart-toppers and headliners, they've
crossed over genres, defied categorization and confused the hell out of your iPod ("Heavy Metal?" "Hard Rock?"
"Alternative?") .